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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Akhtala Monastery, Akdamar Island, Haghpat Monastery, Church of the Virigin Mary, Cathedral of Ani, Sanahin Monastery, Kadamattom Church, Cathedral of Kars, Horomos, Makravank Monastery, Narekavank, Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo, Marmashen Monastery, Vahanavank. Excerpt: Akdamar Island seen from the south shore of Van Lake, near the town of Geva . Akdamar Island (also known as Akhtamar, and Aght'amar; Turkish: Akdamar Adas; Armenian:, Armenian pronunciation: ) is the second by size of four islands in Lake Van in the South of the Armenian Highlands in Turkey (sometimes called Eastern Anatolia region ), about 0.7 km in size, situated about 3 km from the shoreline. At the western end of the island a hard, grey, limestone cliff rises 80 m above the lake's level (1,912 m above sea level). The island declines to the east to a level site where a spring provides ample water. It is home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), and was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Etymology The origin and meaning of the island's name is unknown, but is often attributed to an old Armenian legend. According to the tale, an Armenian princess named Tamar lived on the island and was in love with a commoner. This boy would swim from the mainland to the island each night, guided by a light she lit for him. Her father learned of the boy's visits. One night, as she waited for her lover to arrive, he smashed her light, leaving the boy in the middle of the lake without a guide to indicate which direction to swim. They say his dying cries of "Akh, Tamar" (Oh, Tamar) can be heard to this day at night. The legend was the inspiration for a famous Armenian poem by Hovhannes Tumanyan . Akdamar (meaning "white vein" in Turkish) ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155376424
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 58
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 95 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155376420
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Akhtala Monastery, Akdamar Island, Haghpat Monastery
  • Width: 229 mm


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